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9th July 2014, 09:10 | #1 |
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Rear pads
Just changed the rear pads on my CDTI, very easy to do, but, I noticed that there is only one pad wear indicator wire and that's on the drivers side, none what so ever on the passenger side. Is mine missing or is this " how it is"
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9th July 2014, 09:12 | #2 |
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They're only fitted to front and rear drivers side, it's assumed that the wear is on the passenger side as well, and they should be replaced both sides at the same time anyway.
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What he said but keep an eye on nearside pads as they can wear faster due to sticky piston in calliper
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unless you live in Milton Keynes as your nearside wheels will do twice the miles of your off side ones.....
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Strange that you should mention that, I took the wheels off to clean up and put some new fangled valve caps on. When I re fitted the wheels I made sure that all of the caps were at the top, after driving for a few mile I checked and found them to be all over the place, strange that.
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Not really. Unless you drive in an absolute straight line with exactly matched tyre wear on a level, even road, the wheels all revolve at different speeds. If they didn't, then the differential needn't have been invented. |
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Ah so, that means the speedo must be out then as the wheels are going at different speeds, we will have to delve into the realms of Quantum Physics to get to the bottom of this strange phenomenon.
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just take the front right wheel off and the speedo and odo will be at zero... no more milage issues...
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You mention quantum physics, im sure the atoms in the wheel, nearest to the centre travel faster than the ones nearer the outer edges.
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Older car designs used a physical drive from the gearbox output shaft - again an approximation. |
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